Pierre Henri

{{Short description|French swimmer (born 1983)}}

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| name = Pierre Henri

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| national_team = {{FRA}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|2|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Quimper, Finistère, France

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| height = 1.83 m

| weight = 74 kg

| strokes = Individual medley

| club = Canet 66

| coach = Philippe Lucas

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry| France}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2001 Valletta|400 m medley }}

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Pierre Henri (born 25 February 1983) is a French swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Pierre Henri |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/pierre-henri-1.html |access-date=27 December 2012}} He represented his nation France at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also claimed a silver medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 2001 European Junior Championships in Valletta, Malta (4:21.39).{{cite news |title=Euro Juniors Day One: Britain's Goddard Streaks 4:19 in IM |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/2658.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=6 July 2001 |accessdate=6 April 2013}} Henri is a member of Club Natation Canet 66 in Canet-en-Roussillon, and is coached and trained by Philippe Lucas.{{cite web |title=France Olympique Profile – Pierre Henri |language=French |url=http://pekin.franceolympique.com/pekin/athletes/7/henri-17467.html |publisher=French Olympic Committee |accessdate=19 February 2013}}

Henri competed as a lone French swimmer in the men's 400 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He topped the field with a time of 4:18.23 for an outright spot on the Olympic swimming team at the French Championships in Dunkirk, bettering the FINA A-standard (4:18.40) by just 0.17 of a second.{{cite news |title=French Olympic Trials: French Record in Women's 400 IM Falls |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17894.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=20 April 2008 |accessdate=6 April 2013}} Swimming in heat five, Henri came from the bottom of the field to power past the Greek swimmer Romanos Alyfantis by exactly a single second for the seventh spot in 4:22.41. Henri failed to advance to the top eight final, as he placed twenty-second overall in the prelims.{{cite web |title=Swimming: Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 4 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM054900/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=27 December 2012}}